Improvement in dash-rail for carriages



B. B; NOYES 82,0. G. STRATTON;

DASH RAIL FOR UARRIAGBS.

No. 105,362. Patented July 12, 1870;

diluted gives new 691mm.

BAXTER NOYES A D oscAn e. STRATTON, or "GREEN-FIELD, 'MASSA.

. GHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No; 105,362, dated Juli 12, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN DASH-RAIL I'OR CARRIAGEB.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent making p rt of the same To all whom 1t may concern.-

Be it known that we, BAXTER B. NoYss and Os- CAR G. STRATTON, of Greenfield, in the county of Franklin and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Carriage-Rails, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing.

()ur invention relates to carriage-trimmings; and

It consists in an improvement in the manner of constructing the rail that is used on the dash-board, as

hereinafter more fully explained.

these rails, to secure the central post B to the rail by drilling in the rail a hole, and then inserting the up per end of the post therein This plan so weakens the rail at the point where therhole is formed for the reception of the end of the post, that it is very liable to break, and this difiicnltyls greatly increased by the small size of the rails used on childrens carriages. To obviate thisdiflicnlty, we construct the rail in the following manner:. I

We first cut ofl' a rod,A,.of the required size and length, as represented in fig. 1.

We then construct a post, B, with a. head, 0, as shown in fig. 2, and through the head we make a hole, 0, corresponding in diameter with the rod A, as shown in fig. 3.

We then insert the rod A through the hole 0, and shove it to the center, as shown in fig. 4, where it is secured by soldering or brazing the parts together. When this is done the rod. A is bent to the required form, and has its ends flattened and provided with holes forthe reception of screws, as represented at I) of "fig. 5, the lower end of the post B being finished in a similar manner before it is secured to the rail, as shown in figs. 2 and 3. After this is done the whole is then plated or otherwise ornamented, as may he desired.

By this means we produce a much betterand stronger article than was made by the former method, and without any additional expense.

Having thus described our invention,

What we claim is- The herein-described dash-rail for carriages, consisting of the rod A and the post B, constructed and united in the manner described, the whole constituting a new article of manufacture.

'BAXTER B. NOYES.

OSCAR G. STRATTON.

Witnesses:

Aus'rm Du Womr, WENDELL T. DAVIS. 

